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Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings

by H. Johnson

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X Ale. The original significance of the X mark on beer barrels was that the liquor had paid a ten shilling-duty. Additional X’s are simply brewers’ trade marks, denoting various degrees of strength over that of the first X.

XL’ers. See “Exellers.”

XXX’s. See “Three Exes.”

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